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PLANTER. No. 258,554. Patented May-30, 1882.

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SAMUEL WV. BYERS AND HENRY W. KNIGHT, OF NASHUA, IOWA.

PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,554, dated May 30,1882. Application filed October 29, 1881. (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, SAMUEL WALLACE Evansand HENRY WHITMAN KNIGHT, citizens of the United Statcs,residing atNashua, Chickasaw county, Iowa, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Planters, to be known as the Byers & Kuights OombinationPlanter, and we-do hereby declare that the following is a full andaccurate description of the invention, which will enable others to makeuse of the same.

Figure 1 is a central vertical longitudinal section of a planterembodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the bottom; Fig. 3, a rearend elevation of the same, and Figs. at to 11 are details.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures.

A represents the draft-beam, It the clevis, B the bearings of thecovering-wheel G, O the shoe, P the seed-box, and S the scraper, all ofwhich parts are constructed and operate in the usual manner. Theseed-box P has a slanted bottom, L, which is slotted for the entrance ofthe toothed feed-wheel J, said slot being covered by the adjustableslide M. The seed-box has also a flat portion in the bottom perforatedat O, which perforation is closed by the adjustable slide X, andcommunicates with a passage in the standard Q into the shoe 0. Withinthe seed'box is journaled a shaft carrying a sprocket-wheel, H, and acentrally-located agitator, K, provided with curved hookshaped spokes7:, arranged both parallel to the shaft and at right angles thereto, asshown. The covering-wheel shaft is also provided with a sprocket-wheel,E, and the feed-wheel J is driven by a similar sprocket-wheel, and allof these wheels are driven by the belt I, the shaft 0 of thecovering-wheel 0 being adjustably secured to the frame, whereby the beltmay be tightened and the position of the wheel relative to the seed-boxand shoe varied at will. The belt may be composed of separable links inorder to adjust its length. i

A lever, F, is provided whereby the clutch D may be operated in suchmanner as to stop,

the feed and agitator shafts, or permit their rotation as desired duringthe rotation of the covering-wheel.

In Fig. 10 variations in the forms of the spokes 7a of the agitator areshown. In Fig. 11 an enlarged View of the slide M is given.

In Figs. 4 to 9 are shown devices by which the machine is adapted toplant other seeds than cotton, for which the arrangement andconstruction thus far described is more directly intended.

A plain bladed or spoked agitator, K, is substituted for that discardedand just described 5 or asimple roll, as T, Fig. 6, may be used,havin gscrews t therein, the depth to which they are driven into the rolldetermining the capacity of the pockets formed by theholesin which thescrews are driven in the rolls, so that more or less grain or seed ispermitted to escape at the passage of each pocketby and below the bottoma of the seed-box. This construction is shown in plan at Fig. 7.

Figs. 8 and 9 represent devices which are adapted to regulate the feedof fertilizers when distributed by the machine.

Two pivoted jaws, Z, are arranged to cover, or partly cover, theaperture in the bottom of the seed-box in which the fertilizer is storedfor distribution, and as the feed-wheel passes between a spring,Y,allowsthem to temporarily separate when forced apart by substances whichwould tend to clog the aperture, and to immediately resume their normalposition, and thus secure a practically uniform feed.

The operation of the machine will be readily understood by thedescription thus far given, and it will be seen that the machine can bereadily adapted to sow cotton or otherlint seed as well as smooth seedof all kinds, and is equally well adapted to spread fertilizers.

What we claim is- 1. The combination of the adjustable covering-wheelshaft G, wheel 0, feed-wheel J, and slotted seed-box P, provided withthe agitator K, having the curved spokes 7c, the parts being arrangedand operating substantiallyas shown and described.

2. The combination of seed-box P, having the slanted slotted side L, theperforated bottom, the adjustable slides X M, and the feedwheel J andagitators K 70, substantially as shown and described.

SAMUEL WALLACE BYERS. HENRY WHITMAN KNIGHT.

Witnesses:

WM. B. Pnnarn, J. M. HOWARD.

